Two days, Two days since Loki had tried to kill Autumn. She had rested since the attack but to be honest, She couldn't sleep. His cold grinn and laugh still lingered on her mind. When the chief had heard about the would be assassin he had been furious and sent out scouts to look nearby troops. When none had been found had the large zebra camp calmed for a while, that was until a revelation was made. If Loki knew where they all lived so did Celestia and most likely the royal army. So now they were packing, anything that could be brought was thrown into the wagons and the artifacts in the temple of memories was either hidden or brought with them. Young as old helped to hide any trace of the camp and in the middle of this chaos stood the chief with a grim expression on his face. Autumn wanted to talk to him, tell him that they would be fine, but she was afraid of that cold stare he held. The Zebras had lived here for over 100 years and because of her they had to leave it all behind, the temple, their burial ground, some of their holy places and many things that they couldn't bring with them. No one paid her much mind as she walked through the chaos and up to Razor. He had been scouting the nearby area for any movements in the forest. Ever since Loki's assignation attempt had he been more cautious around the woods and made sure they had as many guards as possible around camp. He turned to her with a smile.

"Autumn, why are you feeling down? I told you that this isn't your fault" He said and started to walk around the camp with Autumn following him.

"He went after me because of this child, they want the bloodline and memory of Sombra viped..." She said silently.

"As long as you stay close to the tribe you'll be safe" he said and helped some of the younger mares moving a large chest onto one of the wagons.

"I did that and Loki still managed to sneak into my wagon and almost kill me..." she muttered.

"That was because we weren't prepared for it, we couldn't expect that Celestia herself had anything to do with this. But now when we do we're not taking any chances, we will keep you and the child safe" he said with a smile and walked off to help with taking down the last of the great campfires.

Autum sighed and walked towards the forest edge. She started to climb up the nearby hill that over looked the area and smiled in awe at the beauty of it all. The large zebra village was in the middle of an opening in the massive forest. She could see the temple just peeking out of the trees further away and long in the distance she looked at the place where the crystal empire should have been but in it's place was now just a cold dead land surrounded by a snowstorm. She looked away towards the south and saw the start of the everfree forest a long way from where the current village laid. She hoped that when they finally managed to find a new home that they would forgive her for bringing so much unhappiness upon them. She walked back to the village and looked at the fillies and colts that ran around playing, still so happy even though they have to leave their home. She smiled softly, they could find joy in a moment like this, a pure warm happy feeling while the world around them seemed to be so cold and threatening. She walked past them and saw some of the elder mares painting pictures of the landscape, one had already drawn a large painting of the temple. They wanted to remember their home, in any way they could. She then came upon a cart loaded with chests and on top of one of them was the book she had "read" in the temple. Autumn picked it up and looked at the now steel lock that had been placed on it. The chief didn't want them to use it, it was probably holy for the tribe she guessed. Autumn put it back and saw her wagon being rebuilt by some of the stallions, the fire had badly burnt one of the walls and they had to tear it down and replace it all. She sighed again at all the work they where doing for her, after everything that had happened they were still ready to help her. She was ever so grateful for their help but they were wasting time when they needed to leave. Autumn's thoughts drifted off to her new goal, killing Celestia. How could she kill someone who was better guarded then the ancient cities of the metal world? And even if she got passed the guards she was still up against a literal goddess of the sun. She mumbled different plans for herself and looked up as she heard her name being called.

"Autum! Get into your wagon we're leaving" Ziccra yelled while walking off with one of the wagons.

"Ok" she yelled back and walked to her wagon.

She walked in and closed the door after her. She had some problem at first moving to the bed with all the stuff everyone had put in the way and tied down but she managed to cuddle up under her blanket and sighed in relief. She was safe under this blanket of warm protection. She silently fell asleep, she needed some rest.

A few hours later Autum woke up with a yawn. She noticed the wagon was not moving and she could hear muffled voices and laughs as well as the crackle of bonfires. She got out of the wagon and was greated by the sight of a smaller camp surrounded by the wagons as a protective wall. Autum walked up to the bonfire and warmed herself having been freezing in the cold February air.

"How did you sleep?" Zap asked her as she approached and sat down to warm herself.

"Better than I have in a long time" she answered with a small smile and sighed as the warmth of the fire washed over her.

"So far we're on schedule to meet up with another tribe who lives in the east. If we're lucky they'll lend us a hoof if the army or Celestia herself attacks" Ziccra said, suddenly sitting next to them.

"How did you?.." Autum started but stopped herself, weird was the new normal around here.

"Did the scouts see any soilders close by?" Zap asked him and he shook his head.

"No, we have made them lose our tracks for now, but our luck won't help us forever. That's why we need to get to the other tribe as soon as possible" Ziccra answered and looked into the bonfire.

Autum thought about all of this, to get to that tribe they would have to pass villages or cities guarded by ponies from the royal army who would be looking for them. The trip would be dangerous and in case they took the way around all settlements they would lose valuable time and possibly running into bandit camps. She looked around a sighed, most Zebras of the tribe was no warriors and those who were used spears or rosty war hammers, they wouldn't stand a chance against well armed and well trained soldiers. So they needed to move, fast. Autum got up and walked to her wagon to rest until dawn when they were most likely to get moving. She laid down on the bed and pulled the blanket over her. She had barely woken up but she needed more sleep, all of this was flouting around in her mind and she just needed it to be gone for a moment.

She woke up four hours later feeling that the wagon was moving again. She looked out of the window and saw trees passing them, so they were still in the forest then. She got up and opened a nearby sack full with apples. She took three and ate them in silence as she looked at trees passing through the window. She could her birds tweeting and the sounds of the different Zebras pulling the wagons talking. She jumped out of her wagon and walked up to Zap who was pulling her wagon with Razor.

"Where exactly are we?" She asked them and looked around the lush forest.

"Everfree, we managed to travel a long way while you were sleeping" Zap said and Razor nodded.

"With the chief knowing some shortcuts and tunnels we got out of the north pretty quickly" he said and looked around.

"Everfree.. Doesn't the royal sisters live here?.." she said and watched her back for potential golden dressed soldiers.

"Yeah.. The chief have put up wards so we won't be noticed but being this close to the threat is scary" Zap said and Razor scoffed.

"We'll be out of their land before they can even gather what happened, they don't control the magic in these woods, the entire place is a reminder of how Euqestria was before the ponies conolized it" he said with a shiver.

"Yeah.. The land was chaos without Discords help long before he even made his home here. Of course he lived here long before the ponies and technically ruled these lands but that didn't matter to the princesses. Boom rainbow blast and he was turned to stone" he said with a mutter.

"I've only heard bad things about discord, yet you sound like you idolize him" Autum said looking at Zap.

"Well he was a literal god watching over these lands, sure he played with the environment but as long as his magic had effect no one died from disease or animal attacks. He played with us who lived here yes but he never EVER killed anyone. That's the difference between him and Celestia, he does it the way he wants it and makes sure that no one is hurt while she kills anyone who stands between her and her so called "perfect world" He said in disgust.

"I'm guessing Celestia did something to your tribe?" She asked Razor while Zap muttered angerly.

"Rather our once great kingdom" he responded with a sigh and Zap nodded.

"The holy land.." Zap mumbled and looked forward.

"Many years ago after Celestia and Luna turned discord to stone made Celestia preparations to take a large part of the zebra kingdom, this part being everfree and what would become the crystal empire for example" Razor said and flicked his eyes across the sky to make sure that no Pegasi was watching them.

"I'm guessing your king wasn't happy about that" she said looking at the concentrated face of Razor.

"No he wasn't, however he was not a stallion of war and managed to get a meeting with Celestia at the border of the two kingdoms to negotiate peace. He brought protection in the form of his best soldiers of corse but this proved futile as he and his guard was cut down at arrival. This was not expected and the royal army flooded the capital before they even understood what was happening. The once great kingdom was gone in less than four days..." he said with a sigh.

"Why didn't I know this before now?.. I've read a lot of history books but none even talk about a zebra kingdom" she said and Zap growled.

"Because Celestia erased it from the history books! She burned all we had into the ground, the cities, the temples, the monuments etc! She wanted to make sure that no generation that came after would know about her crimes, that's why Discord is discribed as a murderous monster in the history books and why Sombra will be written down as someone who turned to dark magic to take control of the empire!" Zap said with a growl and Autum flinched.

"Why does she wanna give dark magic bad reputation?.. I understand why she will turn my.. lover into something to fear but why give dark magic part of the blame?.. It works just as any other magic" she said and Razor turned to her.

"Because Celestia wants a scapegoat and a weapon in one, what magic does princess Luna practice?" He asked her and she looked confused.

"Dark magic, but what does that have to do with anything?" She asked him.

"And what kind of book did she give Sombra that opened up his mind and body for a demon?" He asked her.

"It was on dark magic, but what does.." she started finally starting to put it all together.

"So what could she blame on if Luna suddenly went mad and left her as the ONLY ruler of Euqestria?" He asked her one last time.

"Dark magic..." she said and her eyes widened.

"Celestia has been planning this for years" he said and kept dragging the wagon with Zap while Autum trailed behind.

All of it, the slow corruption, the enslavment of the crystal ponies, the empire sending waves of hatred and fear across Euqestria. It had all been planned out years in advanced. This was never about the crystal kingdom or its land, this was all just preparations for the bigger plan, to remove princess Luna from power and letting Celestia rule over Euqestria on her own. Celestia had used her, her lover and their people as pawns to get more power. Autum felt as the world came crashing down, she had been nothing more than a pawn, and it was in that moment she realized why she felt watched and why the chief had chosen to lead them through everfree. They were on their way to the royal castle, they were on their way to stop Celestia. She prayed to whatever goddess could hear her that they would not be to late.

Author's Note

And there you have. Chapter three is done. As always leave a comment about what I did good and what I did bad so I can fix it. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you whenever school allows me writing time. Bye